The BPR High School Program invited student writers from Providence-area public schools to research, draft, and edit a college-level opinion article over the course of Fall 2023. A special thank you to the editor on this piece, Michael Farrell-Rosen ...
The BPR High School Program invited student writers from Providence-area public schools to research, draft, and edit a college-level opinion article over the course of Fall 2023. A special thank you to the editors on this piece, Isabel Greider ‘25 ...
The dust has settled following the Democratic primary for Rhode Island’s 1st House District seat vacated by former Representative David Cicilline ’83, and Gabe Amo has emerged victorious. In a crowded primary that, at its peak, featured over 13 c...
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn ’81. Check back here to see the full production as we add videos to the series. ...
Inspired by The Dish, BPR invited its readers to submit questions for Mother Jones Washington Bureau Chief David Corn ’81. Check back here to see the full production as we add videos to the series. ...
This is my sixtieth column for BPR, and probably my last (though feel free to start the Brett Favre “will he or won’t he?” unretirement talk, it’s good for the ego). I started out writing about gambling in my hometown, and end...
This is my sixtieth column for BPR, and probably my last (though feel free to start the Brett Favre “will he or won’t he?” unretirement talk, it’s good for the ego). I started out writing about gambling in my hometown, and end...
Some big things are happening one town to my north. Up in Pawtucket, RI (yes, where Peter Griffin works on Family Guy), a coordinated effort has been made to revitalize the downtown. Pawtucket’s downtown has many amazing buildings, but has fallen v...
Some big things are happening one town to my north. Up in Pawtucket, RI (yes, where Peter Griffin works on Family Guy), a coordinated effort has been made to revitalize the downtown. Pawtucket’s downtown has many amazing buildings, but has fallen v...
Over 8 million people have signed up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), exceeding the White House’s enrollment goal for the end of March. However, this number isn’t indicative of the real impact of the healthcare program; many of t...
Over 8 million people have signed up for coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), exceeding the White House’s enrollment goal for the end of March. However, this number isn’t indicative of the real impact of the healthcare program; many of t...
Dan Barry’s recent New York Times article “The ‘Boys’ in the Bunkhouse” shed light on the deplorable use of segregated workshops, which keep developmentally disabled (DD) individuals in life-long jobs that often consist of little more than ...
Dan Barry’s recent New York Times article “The ‘Boys’ in the Bunkhouse” shed light on the deplorable use of segregated workshops, which keep developmentally disabled (DD) individuals in life-long jobs that often consist of little more than ...
Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox resigned his speakership on Monday after RI State Police, FBI, and IRS investigators raided his office and home. Fox plans to serve out the remainder of his term and will not seek reelection. Many consider the ...
Rhode Island House Speaker Gordon Fox resigned his speakership on Monday after RI State Police, FBI, and IRS investigators raided his office and home. Fox plans to serve out the remainder of his term and will not seek reelection. Many consider the ...
Having grown up a complete landlubber, I never learned much early in life about seafaring. Here in the Ocean State, though, I am learning just how many goods come to the United States by ship. I recently had the opportunity to tour the Quonset busine...
Having grown up a complete landlubber, I never learned much early in life about seafaring. Here in the Ocean State, though, I am learning just how many goods come to the United States by ship. I recently had the opportunity to tour the Quonset busine...
On Monday, Judge Bruce Selya spoke at the Watson Institute in an event titled “The View from Inside the FISA Courts.” Selya is a federal appellate judge in Providence, and former presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of R...
On Monday, Judge Bruce Selya spoke at the Watson Institute in an event titled “The View from Inside the FISA Courts.” Selya is a federal appellate judge in Providence, and former presiding judge of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of R...
One morning last month, Rhode Islanders woke up to the news that the National Rifle Association had been charged with the second-largest campaign finance ethics violation in state history. In a settlement reached by the Rhode Island Board of Election...
One morning last month, Rhode Islanders woke up to the news that the National Rifle Association had been charged with the second-largest campaign finance ethics violation in state history. In a settlement reached by the Rhode Island Board of Election...
On October 29, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was scheduled to deliver prepared remarks during a public lecture at Brown University. Kelly’s presence attracted crowds of protestors who objected to various policing tactics of the NYPD, ...
On October 29, New York City Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was scheduled to deliver prepared remarks during a public lecture at Brown University. Kelly’s presence attracted crowds of protestors who objected to various policing tactics of the NYPD, ...
It wouldn’t be surprising if, five years from now, Brown still looks back at 2013 as the year of the Ray Kelly Event. It’s rare for a single moment to affect an entire community, especially ours — spread out as we are across disciplines, nation...
It wouldn’t be surprising if, five years from now, Brown still looks back at 2013 as the year of the Ray Kelly Event. It’s rare for a single moment to affect an entire community, especially ours — spread out as we are across disciplines, nation...
In the last two months at Brown, it sometimes feels as though we’ve been witness not to a news-generating controversy but a campus-wide social experiment. Following the protests of Commissioner Ray Kelly’s Taubman lecture, it seemed like every st...
In the last two months at Brown, it sometimes feels as though we’ve been witness not to a news-generating controversy but a campus-wide social experiment. Following the protests of Commissioner Ray Kelly’s Taubman lecture, it seemed like every st...